Telephone index and memo



Aug. 15, 1933. Fl ADLER 1,922,611

TELEPHONE INDEX AND MEMO 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 29, 1932 INVENTOR @n/f yer MORI EY 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Aug. 15, F ADLER TELEPHONE INDEX AND MEMO Filed Aug. 29, 1932 INVENTOR raiz/f ,jg/er TTORN EY mlllll 1/ll -1\ w ,Jl F AL M fl y L n y lwl n I Patented Aug. 15, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 11 Claims.

This invention relates to pedestals for desk telephones and more particularly relates to such pedestals in which are incorporated indicia bearing members and memorandum means.

An important object of theinvention is toprovide a pedestal of this class having means to engage the base of a telephone instrument and formed of a separablecasing in which a plurality of spring rollers provided with indicia bearing sheets are mounted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pedestal in which some or all of the legend bearing members are carried on a rotatable prtion of the pedestal so the user thereof may, with greater facility, consult any of such indicia bearing members.

A still further object is to provide such a pedestal inpwhich may be mounted a roll of memorandum paper with means to feed the free end of the paper so that memoranda notations may be made.

A still further object is to provide a pedestal of this class having means to support for ready use a writing implement such as a pen or pencil.

A still further object is to'provide a casing having readily accessible means for separating the members of the casing to obtain access to the interior thereof.

The foregoing and other objects such as compactness and simplicity of construction willvbecome apparent from the following specification descriptive of the accompanying drawings illustrative of certain preferred embodiments of the invention, and in which: p

Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a preferred form of the invention with portions broken away for clearer illustration of the interior. 1

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view as taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.`

Fig. 3 is a similar view as taken along line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of an alternate form of the invention, a portion of the top casing being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a Vertical sectional view as taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the spring rollers, the parts being shown in section.

Referring to the drawings in greater detail, the pedestal as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is preferably constructed of sheet metal and consists essentially of a base 10, acap portion 11, and an intermediate rotatable member 12.

The base 10 is substantially circular in shape and is provided with an inset bottom 13 covered on its under surface with a material such as felt, rubber or the like 14. Such a covering is desirable to prevent marring desk tops, and also provides anti-slip means to steady the pedestal against undue movements.

The base 10 may support bracket portions l5, or said bracket portions may be integrally struck therefrom to form trunnion bearings for the pins 16 upon which may be carried a roll of paper 17 suitable for memoranda notations. feeding the free end 18 of the paper roll 17 there is provided a feed roll 19 having a manipulating handie 2() and supported for rotation on supporting members 21, preferably struck up from the base plate 13.

The 'base 10 is preferably formed with a depressed and flanged annular portion 22 which provides a guide means and support for the lowermost portion of the intermediate member 12. A ring 23 anged at its outer periphery is preferably fitted tightly into the open lowermost portionofthe intermediate member l2 and is provided with parts of spaced brackets struck up from the ring 23. These brackets, designated in the 'drawings 24--24' serve to support spring roller 25. Each roller 25 is provided with one round trunnion 26 fitting into a round aperture in the bracket 24 and the trunnion 27 fitting a slotted portion of the bracket 24.

Each roller comprises essentially a cylindrical body 28 having end flanges 29 and 30. Centrally of the cylindrical body there is located a rod 31 to which one end of a spring 32 is anchored, the other end-'of the spring being anchored to any portion of the cylindrical body or any part aflixed thereof, such-as at 33. The body 28 may be provided with slits 34 receptive of the tapered end of a flexible indicia bearing member such as is indicated at 35.

openings 36 spaced from each other in accordance with the spacing of the bearing b1ackets24-24H lThe indicia bearing sheets are preferably provided with handle portionsA 37 arranged exteriorly of the wall of the intermediate member and fastened to the free ends of the indicia bearing sheets.

Each spring roll upon which is wound an indicia bearing member is so mounted on its bearings as to cause the spring 32 within the roller to maintain tightly wound the said indicia bearing members. While the drawings indicate the handle portions 37 as being arcuate commensurate with the curve of the wall of the intermediate member, it can readily be seen that these` T0 facilitate The intermediate member 12 is provided with handles may be straight should the openings 36 be so made.

To provide for ready access to the interior of the casing, the cap member ll is secured to the base portion 10 by means of a thumb screw 38 arranged in a dished portion 39 of the cap 1l and having threaded engagement with the top of a bridge member' e() secured to the base.

InY a manner somewhat similar to the engagement of the bottom portions of the intermediate member l2, its upper portion is preferably telescoped interiorly of the inturned periphery of the cap member.

The base portion 10 may also support rollers similar to the rollers 23 and these rollers 28 may be provided with indicia bearing sheets having handle portions 37.

The base portion 1) isprovided with suitable openings 36 having similar relation to the handles 37 as the handle 37 bears to its respective opening 36.

The cap 11 is preferably provided with a plurality of struck-up resilient portions 41 adapted CAD to engage the base of a telephone instrument and to position it centrally of the pedestal. One or more of these resilient portions` may be bent to provide Writing implement holding means such as indicated at 42.

The form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 comprises essentially a casing 50 having integral top portions 51V of a shape to `conform with the base of a telephone instrument and open at its lower end. A base portion 52 provided with anti-marring and non-slipping mate rial 53 serves as a closure for the bottom of the casing 50.

The base portion 521 is provided With struckup bearings 52 to support a paper roll 54 which may be intermittently fed bythe user by means of the feed roll 55 manipulated by thev handle 56. A shaft 57 for the feed roll and handle is preferably journalled to the casing 50, at 58, and a bracket 59 is provided with a resilient portion 60 past which the shaft 57 may be snapped to retain assembly between the casing `and the base. To further maintain this assemblyV the base and casing may be provided with interlockingr means such as the pin and hole illustrated at 61. A tab 62 may be formed on the base 52 ata point beneath and adjacent the handle 56 so that down- Ward pressure on the latter would permit ready separation of the baseand the casing for access to the interior. l 2

As illustrated in this form a plurality of lrollers 63 may be suitablycarried by bracket or brackets 64 supported from the casingV 50. These .rollers are each provided with wound up legend Ybearing sheets 65 having pull handle portions 66 which may be manipulated from the exterior' of the casing. The casing lis also suitably provided with slots 67 for the purpose previously set forth.

The casing may also .be provided with supplementary rollers such as 68 having indicia bearing sheets 69 Wound thereon, and handle portions 70 rsubstantially as previously described.

A pedestal constructed in accordance with either of the two forms above described would be of immeasurable assistance to a telephone user, since the various spring rolls Vmay be provided with legen-d or markings such'as telephone numbers, addresses, names of customers or clients, telephone dialing instructions, calendar, etc. As an example, each of the six rollers 28 carried by the revolvable intermediate member l2 may have on their sheets 35 alphabetical listings of names of people or companies with telephone numbers for each listing. The listings may be segregated as for instance each roller designating a particular branch of an industry or the like; or the alphabetical listing may be apportioned among the rollers as for instance one containing the telephone numbers or listings A to G, the next H to l and so on. The rollers 28 may carry other information such as previously indicated. The form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, being similarly supplied with indicia sheet bearing rollers, also has important and desirable features.

. Again referring to the first form, when the user desires to make a phone call he would first consult vthat sheet upon which is listed the phone number he desires to call.

This is readily accomplished by pulling the handle 37 of that particular sheet and if desired, the sheet may remain exposed to view, since each roller is provided with a holding pawl such as. is common: in shade rollers. Should it be necessary to know how to dial that particular number, the sheet 35 bearing such information may be consulted. Y

The intermediate member f2. is readily rotatable so the user may at all times have easy and ready access to any of the rollers. DuringV the telephone conversation. the user may f have occasion to makeV notations or note memoranda and for this purpose the free end 1870i the paper roll 17-is provided, the user feeding this end as desired by means of the knob' 20 is one form or the knob 56 in. the other.

While certain preferred embodimentsk of this invention have beenI shown and described, it will be understood that changes in the form, arrangements, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made Without departing from the spirit or scopeof the invention as defined in the appended claims. Y'

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pedestal for desk telephones comprising a circular base member and a circular cap member, meansto separably' connect the base and cap members, said connecting means being centrally located to provide unobstructed peripheral portions of the said members, an intermediate'revoluble circular member between the base and cap members, indicia bearing members carried by the intermediate member, said indicia members being provided with handle portions, said handle portions serving as pulls to display the indicia bearing members and also serving as means to revolve the intermediate member to present to the user the desired indicia bearing member.

' 2. A pedestal for desk telephones comprising a base, a cap and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion being freely rotatable, spring ,rollers carried by the intermediate member, 1n-

d'icia bearing sheets wound upon the rollers and handle members affixed to the free end of the sheets and adapted to be pulled to display the member, indicia bearing sheets wound uponv the rollers and handle members affixed to the free' end of the sheets and adapted to be pulled to display the indicia.

4. A pedestal for desk telephones comprising a base, a `cap and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion being freely rotatable., spring rollers carried by the intermediate member, spring rollers also carried by the base, inn dicia bearing sheets wound upon the rollers and having their free end accessible from without thel intermediate member.

5. A pedestal for desk telephones, comprising' a base having means to engage a telephone instrument, and a part rotatable relative to said. base said part being provided with a plurality of strips mounted on rolls set at spaced intervals around and within said part, said strips being extractable from and retractable into said part.

6. A base for a desk telephone, means to conf nect the top of said base with said telephone instrument, a bottom part rotatable relative to the top of said base, said bottom part being provided With a plurality of register strips mounted on self-Winding rolls said rolls being located at spaced radial intervals around the interior of said bottom part and parts of said strips being eX- tractable from said base.

7. A pedestal for desk telephones comprising a housing, means Within the lower section of the housing for rotatably supportinga record strip roll to be extractable from said housing, and a plurality of indicia bearing strips mounted on self winding rolls in an upper section of the housing, said self Winding rolls and indicia bearing strips being displaced `on a circle and being rotatable around the center of said housing, to

permit a partial extraction of a selected indicia strip from the housing at or near the record strip.

8. A pedestal for desk telephones comprising a housing composed of a bottom part joined With a top part and an intermediate part revolvable between said bottom and top parts, means mounted to the bottom part to rotatably support a rolled record strip to be extractable from the side .wall thereof, said intermediate part being provided with a plurality of indicia receiving strips mounted on rolls-to be extractable from and retractable into said intermediate part.

9. A pedestal for desk telephones comprising a. member having means to support a telephone instrument, a second member freely rotatable in said first member, spring rollers carried by the rotatable member, indicia bearing sheets wound upon the rollers and handle members affixed to the free end of the sheets and adapted to be pulled to display the indicia.

l0. As an article of manufacture, in combina-v tion, a base, a member freely rotatable on said base, spring rollers carried by the rotatable member, indicia bearing sheets wound upon the rollers and handle members affixed to the free end of the sheets and adapted to be pulled to display the indicia.

1l. As an article of manufacture, the combination of a base, a member freely rotatable on said base, spring rollers carried by the rotatable member, spring rollers also carried by the base, indicia bearing sheets wound upon the rollers and having their free end accessible from without the rotatable member and the base.

FRANK ADLER. 

